@article{article_789942, title={Effect of Home-Based Education Program on Mothers’ Postpartum Quality of Life After Cesarean Delivery}, journal={Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={11}, pages={193–201}, year={2022}, DOI={10.37989/gumussagbil.789942}, author={Şener, Nilay and Okumuş, Filiz}, keywords={Caesarean section, Health education, Quality of life, Postpartum period}, abstract={The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a home-based educational program on postpartum quality of life in puerperant women after caesarean delivery. The study was designed as a prospective, controlled, single-blinded study. It was conducted in a family health centre in Istanbul with 60 women, including 30 home-based educational group and 30 standard counselling as a control group woman who had a caesarean delivery. The study data were collected by using a questionnaire, namely, the Maternal Postpartum Quality of Life (MAPP-QOL) Tool. The mothers’s mean age was 29.55 years. The post- intervention means and standard deviations (SDs) in the total scores of the MAPP-QOL were 17.93 (SD: 1.09) and 19.27 (SD: 0.90) for the control and home-based education groups, respectively, and we found that the difference was statistically significant (p <0.001). The study’s results showed that the home-based educational program had an effect on the women’s postpartum quality of life after caesarean delivery. These results emphasised the importance of home health care and counselling in the postpartum period.}, number={1}, publisher={Gumushane University}